Europa League and Europa Conference League hits and misses: Darwin Nunez's chaotic night for Liverpool
Plus: Brighton show progress with win over Ajax, Villa show their ruthless streak, West Ham receive a wake-up call, while there's a learning curve for Philippe Clement at Rangers and Aberdeen are left to rue a controversial VAR call
Friday 27 October 2023 06:07, UK
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Never has a player encapsulated the title of this feature quite as well as the 'agent of chaos'. Liverpool striker Darwin Nunez truly hits and misses.
The 24-year-old broke a four-game run without a goal for his club in a complete performance on Thursday as Liverpool thrashed Toulouse. But there was another moment that will be the talk of the town.
«He played incredibly,» interjected Jurgen Klopp when asked about Nunez after the game. The Liverpool manager knew what was coming.
«I couldn't care less that he hits the post in that moment,» Klopp added, addressing the elephant in the room.
The miss, and all that preceded it, perfectly sum up Nunez's Liverpool career to date. He not only rounded the goalkeeper but beat the defender too. The hard work was done.
All that lay before him was the goal. A simple finish would've sufficed. Nunez doesn't do simple though.
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A cameo off the bench at St James' Park scoring two goals to win the game with his team a player down is more his style.
True to form, the striker's miss ended up rebounding off the post to set up Ryan Gravenberch for Liverpool's fourth.
Nunez cannot be tamed, he is predictably unpredictable. This is what he does. Not even he knows what's coming next.
Zinny Boswell
On this date two decades ago Brighton were recovering from a 1-0 home
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